Hi LukeSpyro,
the reason for this is that for a line break in Markdown that is used on the forum you need to have two spaces after the last word of the previous line:
This is a list:[ENTER][ENTER]1. Thing 1[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER]2. Thing 2[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER]3. Thing 3
This will look like here:
This is a list:
- Thing 1
- Thing 2
- Thing 3
For a bullet list you use the asterisk like so:
This is a list:[ENTER][ENTER][asterisk][SPACE]Thing 1[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER]
[asterisk][SPACE]Thing 2[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER]
[asterisk][SPACE]Thing 3
This is a list:
- Thing 1
- Thing 2
- Thing 3
Indented works like this:
This is a list:[ENTER][ENTER][asterisk][SPACE]Thing 1[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER][SPACE][SPACE][asterisk][SPACE]Thing 1.5[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER][asterisk][SPACE]Thing 2[SPACE][SPACE][ENTER][asterisk][SPACE]Thing 3
This is a list:
- Thing 1
- Thing 1.5
- Thing 2
- Thing 3
You can also find a sticky guide on markdown here on the forums.